...that for over a hundred years, the subject of the painting now identified as the Martyrdom of Saints
Crispin and Crispinian(close-up pictured) by Aert van den Bossche was a mystery?
...that the
Compromise of Nobles was drafted in the Sablon in
Brussels, which would later be the site of the execution of 18 of its signatories?
...that the Free Belgian Forces fought in several theaters during
World War II, including Great Britain, East Africa, the Mediterranean, and northwestern Europe?